Status of Jewish-austrian Talks Far from Satisfactory

November 17, 1953

LONDON (Nov. 16)

The status of negotiations on Jewish restitute ### claims against Austria is still far from satisfactory, Barnett Janner, cha### the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, ### today.

He reported a meeting in Paris last week with Austrian representatives ### Dr. Nahum Goldmann, head of the Jewish claims group, was present, and ### tain information” was now being awaited from Austria.

Mr. Janner also declared that the Conference on Jewish Material Claim ### Germany and the board of the claims corporation were working out a practice ### tem for distribution among victims of Nazism outside Israel of certain sun### them under agreement with the West German Government.